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BEMUD C
87.8%
of words eliminated

How BEMUD performs

Played first, BEMUD removes about 87.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.15 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,422 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, BEMUD left an average of 287 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 614 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBEMUD
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.5%
Any green or yellow74.0%
Whole row gray26.0%
Worst case answers left614

*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.